sitting in his car at a stop sign. the car went off the road and went down a ravine before crashing. quinn boyer was a paramedic and co-workers are trying to come to terms with the loss. >> it is horrible to see someone who worked to help save people's lives and that to go away. it is tragic. >> oakland police are calling quinn boyer's death a homicide. there are few leads in the case. they are not sure where quinn boyer was targeted. >> oakland police chief admits an officer shot an innocent person in the face at 10th and jefferson on wednesday night. police responded to an armed robbery a block away. they say a witness led temperature to three teens. several officers pulled the weapons on the young man and an officer opened fire hitting a teen in the jaw. the trio had nothing to do with the crime. the chief says the officers

thought they were being threatened. >> the officers were directed by a witness, someone that was involved. based on that information i believe the officers had the right to follow up on that and take action whether the action was appropriate or not that will be determined. >> the chief promises a thorough review of the incident by the internal affairs division. the teen is out of the hospital. the robbers are loose. >> there is strong reaction to a comment made by president obama about california attorney general. speaking yesterday he said and i quote, "you have to be careful to first of all say he is brilliant and she is dedicated and she tough." then he said "she also happens to be by far the best looking attorney general in the country." the president was wrapping up two days of democratic fundraisers in the bay area. the comment has generated lots of reaction on twitter and on

the internet. the headline of "vanity fair" sexual harris-ment and a blog said the president is in need of gender sensitivity training. the attorney general said she is unavailable for comment. >> two lawmakers will hold a public hearing this afternoon on last year's fire at the chef reason refinery in richmond. state senator and assembly woman skinner have introduced bills to improve workplace safety and officer penalties against air pollution. several agencies will present some of their findings of how the file started and the health impact of the heavy black smoke that billowed from the fire. the meeting starts at 1:30 at richmond city council chamber and chevron announced the damaged refinery unit is repaired. >> the santa clara valley transportation authority will mark a year of construction work today for the bart silicon

valley extension project. federal, state, and local officials will gather in fremont at noon to celebrate milestones of the project. they include demolition and site preparation at stations in san jose and relocation of major utilities along the 10-mile project corridor. >> in an hour we will find out how well or how poorly the united states jobs market did in march. the labor department will release last month's unemployment numbers at 5:30 our time. economists predict march was another week of solid job gains and the creation of close to 200,000 jobs. it will be the 5th consecutive month of unemployment growth but the jobless rate is not expected to fluctuate. the current 7.7 figure is a four-year low. >> if you are having trouble meeting your mortgage each month help is on the way. today the nonprofit neighborhood assistance corporation of

america brings mortgage relief program back to the bay area. you get free help dealing with your lender. many in the past have lowered thai mortgage payments by an average of $500 to $1,000 a month. the event is scheduled for today through tuesday from 8:00 to 6:00 at marriott marquis. >> giants hold their home opener, with the giants holding the cardinals this afternoon. the giants return after winning two out of three against the dodgers in los angeles. the giants will hoist the 2012 world series championship flag but they are not saying would will sing the national anthem or throw out the first pitch. game starts at 1:35. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard will have a live report in the next half hour. >> and the good news is cornell

has the best seats in house. >> the weather will cooperate. >> we have fog and spotty light showers in the north bay and live doppler 7 hd shows they are offshore at bodega bay and, otherwise, we are looking at the fog this morning and the golden gate bridge with visibility reduced to quarter-mile visibility and numbers are mild in the mid-50's for livermore and napa and we are going through mostly cloudy start to begin the day but we will see sunny breaks. the opener calls for 60 degrees at 1:30. the temperatures then drop through the 50's with the afternoon sea breeze with a mix of clouds and sun. if you are planning your day this morning, low-to-mid 50's to start. maybe some upper 50's in spots with more clouds by noon and we will see them break up looking at numbers in the mid-and-upper 60's around the bay and looking ahead we will bring a chance of showers back in the forecast tomorrow and sunday and it looks like monday we will warm up and

see more spring-like conditions. leyla gulen has the commute. >> as we look at the san mateo bridge the drive from hayward to foster city is clear. not seeing any fog. what we are seeing is fog along the coast. first i want to tell you about construction. we do not have any accidents. just mostly construction and road closing. eastbound 580 between live more avenue and vasco you have intermittent lane blockages from one, two, or three lanes until 6:00 a.m. where we see fog that is along highway one to half moon bay into princeton. >> thank you, leyla. >> a bay area neighborhood that never sleeps allowing businesses to stay only 24/7. >> an off-duty bay area cop saves the day on way home from vacation. would he

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>> welcome back, at 4:41. palo alto could get a new elementary school to keep up with increasing enrollment. san jose mercury news reports the school could be. between montrose and antonio road, the same campus where the district currently houses the adult and early education programs. the school board takes up the issue on tuesday, and it will be palo alto's 13th elementary school. >> berkeley city council is encouraging businesses to extend business operating hours all night in an area next to the uc berkeley campus. our reporter has more on that. >> night owls can have more options in berkeley. many students like the sound of that. >> there is always something we are looking to do. >> in a month businesses on telegraph between ban croft and

dwight way can stay open 24 hours without having to pay a fee or going through a lengthy permit process trying to revitalize the neighborhood, a four-block stretch plagued by vacationties. they hope to bring much needed change. >> before the 60's there was a beatnik scene here and it had a night life so it will be nice to bring it back. >>the change applies to business that wants to take advantage of it from drugstores to restaurants. a sports bar is seriously considering staying home 24 hours. >> a lost students come here to study so if we can provide a safe option to come and study with a nice reasonably priced menu it would be great. >> not everyone is excited. michael lives in an apartment on telegraph. >> there will be a lot of noise and it is hard to sleep. i am against it. >> despite the concerns, the city is moving ahead and are considering even more changes to

telegraph to cover everything from parking to music. the city clown will vote on the next set of improvements at the end of the month. >> some of the strictest gun laws in the country could take effect in the state of maryland. the state legislature passed a bill that awaits the governor's signature requiring people what buy handgun in maryland to submit fingerprints to state police. only five other states have that requirement. the measure bans 45 types of assault weapons and put as ten-round limit on magazines. colorado lawmakers are working on a bill restricting people that psychologists or counselors believe to be a danger from owning guns. >> tributes are coming in for film critic roger ebert who died. this is the chicago sun times where he was a critic since 1967. he is considered to be among the most influential film critics

dying yesterday at the rehabilitation institute of chicago to days before he announced on the blog he was undergoing radiation treatment no a recountries of -- a recurrence of cancer. i had a chance to meet him, he was nice and did not mind talking about movies with amateurs like me. >> i only heard good things. >> it is 4:44. lisa is here for mike nicco. >> good morning. >> bringing good news? >> i think so. we had a lot of rain yesterday with the low level moisture that did not want to end but in the north bay, it is hard to pick up the runs by bodega bay but some of the mist and drizzle is us with. be careful. the visibility is reduced especially along the coast but elsewhere, you can see the mild temperatures and 55 in san jose and oakland and 60 for oakland and 55 in santa cruz.

the golden gate bridge shows all of the clouds are on the deck. 54 in los gatos with mid-50's towards napa. throughout the morning hours we have plenty of clouds, a few spotty light showers but over all mostly cloudy and unsettled for the weekend in terms of the shower activity. you could see a little pit of it but this morning you notice how much warmer it is, up to five degreeses warmer since the passage of the ban. we are in between systems with a weak flow and it will be a mild afternoon. a little bit of spotty drizzle. we are looking at a couple of systems just the tail end pushing through the bay area over the weekend. throughout the rest of the day we will clear out but by tonight the next system in the north bay for our friends in cloverdale, you could have a light shower. by 9:00, it could be as far south as marin county and a few spotty areas of drizzle along the san mateo coast and through

sunday you will notice again, we could see a few showers. we will keep an eye on it with sierra snow in the highest elevations and back home we have a little bit of rain. 51 in yosemite. 54 in tahoe. at home, low 60's in san francisco and upper 60's in san jose. a slight chance of showers tomorrow and sunday. on monday we clear it. warmer in the second half of next week. leyla gulen is checking in on the friday morning commute. >> good morning. so far, friday lite as we look in san jose the drive northbound along 280 from 17 we are looking at clear conditions. what we have is just a little bit of construction. in san francisco we do have the ramp, southbound 101 to eastbound 80 is closed and it will stay closed until 6:00 a.m. and then we have clear

conditions on four. 580, and 15 minutes between antioch and concord. 580, 19 minutes between 205 to dublin/pleasanton area. on 80 we are looking southbound from highway 4 to the macarther maze only 14 minutes. >> welcome, leyla gulen, we are having fun but on the team. you have been out and about exploring and learning the exploring. a favorite spot? >> it is off the beaten path, the presidio, i love to hike and i have enjoyed seeing the gorgeous, beautiful trees sprouting out of the city. it is amazing you can have a forest in the middle of the city. i encourage anyone who is watching to tweet me, facebook, let me know your suggestions. >> where on priorities is wine country? >> my goodness, the fransican

winery sounds great and this weekend i will check out the friend laundry. >> boy, you must know someone! >> a major international airline is coming to the bay area and how it will make travel to europe easier. >> the tech savvy crooks breaking into cars. >> the d

>> good morning, everyone, welcome back, coming up on 4:51. you are looking live at the golden gate bridge and the headlights helped. it is foggy this morning. it will warm up to 62 degrees in the city. lisa argen is here for mike nicco with the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> new high-tech device is giving criminals easy access to

cars. look at this surveillance video. you can see a man approach a car with a device if his hand that disabled the car's alarm and unlooks the door. the video works on mazdas but did not work on ford or cadillac. police say they have never seen figure like it. >> we have shown this video to experts in the field and everyone right now doesn't know what it is. >> long beach police say they working with law enforcement agencies across the country and vehicle manufacturers to identify the technology being use the empty. >> a police officer is being credited with saving an airport security guard from serious injury. on saturday, the woman was -- a woman attacked a security guard in honolulu. that is when the corporal sprang into action wrestles down the attacker and handcuffed her. he gave a statement to

authorities and still made the flight. he attended a wedding in hawaii. corporal rogers hand with the police department since 2006 and the superiors say they are proud of his actions. >> this could be a key day in boeingests to get the boeing 787 dreamliner in the air. the pilots could make a certification flight today with the plane's revamped battery system. all 50 dreamliners around the globe were grounded in january after the batteries on two aircraft overheated. the grounding came a week after they began nonstop service from san jose to tokyo. when they finish testing on the new battery the f.a.a. will decide if the dreamliners can return to service. >> on monday, bay area travelers will have another nonstop option flying to europe. there will be service between sfo and copenhagen and will take

11 hours. it will be a wide body airbus. sfo now is the 4th united states destination for the airline. >> by the way, 330 jets have two engines and 430's have four. >> lisa argen will tell us about the weather. >> we are starting out with plenty of cloud cover. the low level moisture yesterday has moved out but we are left with plenty of cloud cover. live doppler 7 hd shows just a couple of returns here on the radar but it is mostly what will greet you in the north bay: fog. mild temperatures, in the

mid-50's in napa and 56 if livermore and 54 in los gatos. headed out the door, maybe an isolated shower, otherwise, it will be cloudy to start. mid-60's around the bay and upper 60's inland and coast side, upper 60's with sunny breaks in the afternoon with nice afternoon for the giants' home opener and 60 at 1:35 with the clouds and afternoon, and across the southland we will see mild temperatures near 70's in los angeles. leyla gulen has a check on the friday morning commute. is it friday lite? >> absolutely. we are taking a looking a the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is smooth from the first overcrossing so not a problem headed out of the macarthur maze. go have some street closures that are happening later this afternoon. it is opening day, game day with good exciting news. we will see king street closed between 2nd and 3rd for

appear hour with heavy traffic in that area the you may want to avoid it if you are not headed to the game. those streets, again, will be closed between 2nd and 3rd so plan ahead. >> thank you very much. it is 4:55. petaluma police are searching for the thieves who made off with $20,000 in gift cards belonging to an elementary school. they were purchased by the parent-teach are association with cards and checks taken from a locked car in front of a parents' home. police have no suspected. >> missing hiker is recovering this morning after a harrowing ordeal. the 18-year-olds with airlisted from the can ron in orange county pulled from an outcropping half a mile from her car. she screamed for help and is being treated for extreme dehydration and exhaustion. >> it was very dangerous. she would not have made it much

longer. she is really, really lucky. >> her hiking partner is in serious condition at a hospital. he was found dehydrated and disor yenned with no shoes on wednesday night. >> a majority of american now favor the legalization of marijuana. a poll by the pew center finds 52 percent of people think pot should be legal. in 40 years of polling on the issue this is the first time the majority of americans have backed the legalization of the dug. in 1969, 84 percent opposed it. young people are more likely to be in favor of legalization. when it comes to government spending on marijuana, 72 percent say pot laws cost more than they are worth. >> the san francisco fire department is getting a big donation to make firefighters safer. the insurance company is giving $25,000 to mark 150 years in business, with the money going to research on the high rate of cancer among firefighters

especially women, with female firefighters in san francisco six times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than women in their 40's across the united states. >> next at 5:00 a.m., drivers cheating in the car pool lane of the golden gate bridge and there could be no way to stop them. >> are you ready for some baseball? thousands of giants' fans say "bring it on." it is the home opener day. we have

>> abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >> we start with breaking news which begins and ins in san

francisco. >> police are hunting for the man who stole a taxicab in the city and led officers on a chase through northern san mateo county before ending up near san francisco state university. abc7 news reporter kira klapper is right now joining us live with more on the search. >> good morning to you. minutes ago, police cleared the scene behind me. it was a yellow san francisco taxicab that the man stove crashing it on campus and ran. this was a very high speed chase up to 100 miles per hour on 280. police spotted the stolen cab at 1 colon 15 this morning and the c.h.p. and pacifica police backed them up chasing the man. he went from 280 to highway one, through daly city, through pacifica, and ended up back in san francisco. he ran from the cab near san francisco state near the campus bookstore. police lost him.

witnesses say the thief was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a hat. he want straight up campus beyond the creative arts building and to 19th avenue. it is an ongoing investigation so police are not saying much else. they are reporting line in san francisco for abc7 news. >> thank you kira klapper. >> it is friday morning! now a check with lisa argen and find out how the weather s. >> good morning, starting out with plenty of clouds and visibility is a problem around the bay because of the thick fog at the cost. in the north bay you will notice a few returns toward bodega bay and otherwise it is the fog at the coast where visibility has been reduced to quarter-mile visibility. numbers are mild and in the mid-to-upper 50's and union city is at 58 and 54 if los gatos so santa rosa at 2.5 mile visibility and three miles at the